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Science 12 December 2008:
Vol. 322. no. 5908, pp. 1635 - 1636
DOI: 10.1126/science.1167173
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MEDICINE:
Yes We Can! Choose Science in Autism

Catherine Lord

Autism's False Prophets
Bad Science, Risky Medicine, and the Search for a Cure
by Paul A. Offit
Columbia University Press, New York, 2008. 322 pp. $24.95, £14.95. ISBN 9780231146364.
Presenting a strong case against claims that autism is caused by childhood vaccines, Offit also discusses why the antivaccine movement has attracted support.
The reviewer is at the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 and The New York University Child Center, 145 32nd Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10016, USA. E-mail: celord{at}umich.edu

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